According to Capt. Robert Guidetti of the Paramus police, Gupreet Singh was located late Tuesday night at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, where he was attempting to board a flight to India.

He told Port Authority police that he had been with his brother with relatives in Queens on Monday, but that the two had split up. He said he had slept on a park bench Monday night before heading to the airport the following day, Guidetti said.

This morning, a man who runs the India-based tour group the boys were traveling received a call from their uncle, who told them that Robin Singh was with him in Queens. The tour guide contacted Paramus police, who confirmed that he was safe and sound.

Neither boy speaks English, and police have characterized members of their family as largely unwilling to share information about why they left the tour group.

Both boys said they only intended to visit their relatives and thought it would be easier to travel to the city on their own, but authorities are questioning whether they may have had other motives.

"We think there may be an underlying tone, that they decided they were going to stay here (in the United States)," Guidetti said.